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C. G. MoULToNsL LG. MARQUARDT.

Ornamentng Stove) Cylinders. A No. 232,053. Patented Sept. 7,1880.

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CHARLES G. MOULTON AND J. GEORGE MARQUAEDT, OF ERIE, PENNSYL- VANIA, ASSlGNCES TO BLACK & GERMER, OF SAME PLACE. I

ORNAMENTING STOVE-CYLINDERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 232,053, dated September '7, 1880.

A pplieation filed June 3, 1880.

To atl whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, CHARLES G. MOUL- roN and J. GEORGE MARQUARDT, citizens of the United States, and residents of Erie. in

the county of Erie and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvement-s in Devices for Crnamenting Stove-Cylinders, and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same,

1o reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, the same forming a part of this speciiication.

Our invention relates to the construction and attachment to the stove of devices for ornaA lnentin g the cylinders of stoves.

Our invention consists in giving the said plates an improved construction, which will give a more iinished appearance, and in pro- 2o viding improved means for attaching said plates to the stove-plates.

Our invention relates,particularly, to the ornamentation of the cylinders of magazine or other cylindrical stoves.

2 5 Our invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, as follows:

Figure l is an elevation view of the stovecylinder, with parts broken away and other parts shown in vertical section. Fig. 2 is a 3o horizontal section of a fragment of the cylinder on the line w x in Fig. l.

A is the crown-molding of the cylinder. A is the base-molding of the same. A A A are the plates forming the body of the cylinder.

B B B are the ornamental cylinder-plates, which surround the real cylinder-plates like a jacket. C C C are attachingscrews.

The ornamental plates B are ornamented with elaborate and beautiful designs in relief,

4o and are nickel-plated and highly polished. When in place upon the body of the cylinder they completely incase or surround the saine, and extend from the crown-molding to the basemoldin g. We do not, however, claim said 4 5 plates as new, for stoves have been heretofore constructed with the cylinders completely surrounded with ornamental plates.

Our invention relates to the form given these plates at their abutting edges and to the man- 5`o ner of attaching them to the real cylinderplates.

(No model.)

The joining edges of the plates B are formed on a niiter or bevel, as at b, giving a miter or lap joint. This is shown plainly in Fig. 2. The object of this construction is to give a snugt and a finished appearance at thejoints. The plates will change in width by the action of the heat, and where they abut squarely agai nst each other, as heretofore, seams or gaps will appear, which will ina-r the beauty of the 6c design and ornamentation, and give an unnished appearance. Ornamental plates of this kind have been heretofore attached by having cast on their back a key-lug, which slips into a slot in the real cylinder-plate, or else by a bolt and nut. In the former method the slot in the plate A serves as a gas-escape, which is very objectionable 5 and in the latter case it is very difficult to adjust the plates when the stove is set 'up complete, which 7o is very desirable, for the-plates should be attached only when the stove is blackened and set up in position for use, for if .attached before they will become soiled while the stove is being transported and blackened.

B y our device we entirely overcome the difficulties just named.

Our fastening is as follows: A hole is drilled in the cylinderplate A at the proper point, and is screw-threaded by a tap. A 8e screw, C, with an ornamental head.l passes through the plateB, in a hole drilled at the proper point, and screws into the hole in the plate A. By this means no opening for the escape of gas is left and the plates can be quickly and easily attached after the stove is set up ready for use 5 and they can easily be removed whenever the stove is blackened. Any person can remove them or replace them with a common screw-driver. One screw for 9o each plate is all that is required, as it leaves the plate free to expand by the action of the heat in all directions, and as the screw is rmly set in the stove-plate, by reason of its being screwed into the same, the ornamental plates cannot sag or change their positions laterally, but can expand and contract freely, and are in effect suspended from a rigid stud or post extending from the stove-plates.

We are aware that it is very common to conroo struct stove-plates so that one will overlap the other, so as to give a joint through which gas,

ashes, or fire will not escape; but the construction is such that if used on ornamental plates to be put on after the stove is set up all the plates would have to be in place before any could be screwed fast, and as that would be troublesome and unhandy the ornamental plates have heretofore been niade to ineet without overlapping; but, as before stated, this leaves an unsightly seain. By slightly beveling or initering the edges of the plates, as we do, a sufficient overlap is obtained to give the proper finish7 and at the saine time leave the plates in such a form that they can be attached easily one at a time, the overlap being` so slight. An overlap of this kind would not be sufcient for a stove-plate proper, for the seain it makes is not niueh, if any, closer than when the ends squarely abut; but for an ornamental plate it gives a better finish, and that is the object sought for by us.

What we claim as new isl. The combination, with the cylinder-body of a stove, of a series ot' ornamental plates, B, attached to and covering the plates forming said cylinder-body and havin g their abutting edges mitered or beveled7 as at b, whereby said plates B overlap each other sufficiently to allow them to expand and contract without inarring the orn ainental effect, substantially as and for the purposes mentioned.

2. The combination, with the cylinder-body of a stove, of a series of ornamental plates surrounding said stove-cylinder and having their abutting edges beveled or mitered for the purposes named7 and being severally attached to said cylinder by a single screw placed substantially as s hown, to allow free expansion of said plates in all directions from said fastening.

I In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands, this Slst day of May, 1880, at Erie, Pennsylvania, i n the presence oftwo witnesses.

CHARLES G. MOULTON. J. GEORGE MARQUARDT.

Witnesses:

JN0. K. HALLooK, FRANK W. GRIswoLD. 

